The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-07-07

| pang over the circumstances surrounding
the old mans death.
There were fifteen applications before
the Board, Friday and Saturday, eight of
which received certificates as follows
M. G. Alexander, r. X. Brady, Emma
Claar, A. D. Frazer, L. T. Lackey, and
Lizzie Nelson. For two years, Chester
A. Dyer and May Handley.
SPELLING.
Sapphire, Sacrifcial, Paradigm, Paral-
lelism, Parachute, Israelite, Irrelevancy,
Ineffaceable, Hybrid, Gymnaism, Guile
less, Flagellate, Flaccid, Flagitious, Dis
seize, Diphunesia, Diaphanous, Cunei-
form, Coruscate, Allegeable.
GEOGRAPHY.
1. What is the situation of places hav
ing the same length of day as our own.
AT what town in Europe is the sun seen
in summer till midnight?
2. What is the Ecliptic? What are the
Eq,linoxes? The Solstices?
5. Name the volcanoes in the United
States and British America.
4. What is the ruler of Canada called?
Where does Mahogany grow?
3. On what parallel is the northern
boundry of the United States? Of New
York?
What State has the greatest popula-
ton? The greatest area? The greatest
mineral wealth?
What rivers can you name that flow
wholly between two States? In honor of
whom was abe District of Columbia
named?
What can you say of the "Staked
Plain?" Of the National Park?
o. What can you say about Rome?
About Venice? About Vesuvius? About
Naples?
TO- What and where is the Levant?
What people are called Celestials? What
is mirage? A boomerang?
HISTORY.
l. Give a short sketch of the life of
Columbus
2. What languages were spoken in
New York in the latter part of the sew
enteenth century? What were the
PATRONS of New York?
3. What can you tell of the Boston
Massacre? Of the Massacre of Wyom-
ing? Of the Massacre of Fort Pillow?
4. In what war was the battle of
Princeton? OF Chippewa? Of Palo Alto?
Of Lookout Mountain?
5. When was the present Constitution
adopted? What was the Monroe Doc
trine?
G. What was the Hard Cider Campaign?
What was the issue in that Campaign?
I. What were John c. Calhoun's rea-
sons for the annexation of Texas? What
great work, written by a lady, was pub
Fugitive Slave law.
s. Who were the Border Ruffians?
What was the know-nothing party?
s. What political party came into eX-
istence in opposition to Jackson's Ad-
ministration? Who was the first candi-
date for President nominated by the Re
publican party? The last?
TO- Who was Poor Richard? William
the Testy? Headstrong Peter? Mad
Anthony?
GRAMMAR.
l. How is a name that begins with the
title Mr., Miss, Mrs, or Dr. made plural?
2. What lenses, of what modes can be
formed without auxiliaries?
3. Parse: (a) From noon to midnight is
twelve hours. (b) beheld Satan as light
ming fall from heaven. (c) Man desires
not o11zy to be rich but to be famous.
4. Coniugate the verb lose in the parti-
cipial forms.
5. Give the corresponding masculine or
| e J,,Iro
lad, belle, equestrian, nymph, czar.
G. When may that" be used instead of
''who" or (which" and when should it be
preferred?
7. What do you understand by the per-
son and number of a verb? Why has the
infinitive no person and number?
s. Write a complex sentence containing
direct and an indirect object of verb,
also noun in opposition.
9. What place in a sentence is consid-
cred the most important? When may a
subordinate element occupy the chief
place?
10. Parse:
Yet to the generals voice they soon obey'd,
I7171ltn1erable. AS when the potent rod
| OF Abrams son, in EgyptS evil day,
Wa0ed round the coast, up c0lPd a pitchy
cloud
Of locusts, aOG1pil1g on the eastern wind,
That DER the realm of impious Pharaoh
hung,
Like night, and da9ke1td all the land of
Nile.
ARITHMETIC.
the number of per cent gain would have
been 10 more; what was the per cent gain !?
2. A receives $3.50, and B $297O, from
a joint speculation: if A invested $7S3b
more than B, what did 3 invest?
8. In extracting the square root Of a
perfect power, the last complete dividend